Ri Ra Las Vegas in The Shoppes at Mandalay Place, 3930 Las Vegas Blvd. South, is offering a drink special, Dark ‘N’ Stormy, for $8 through November, featuring a blend of Gosling’s black seal rum, ginger beer and lime. Beef and Guinness stew is $14.95 and is served with a choice of garden or Caesar side salad.

A Thanksgiving menu is planned to feature herb-roasted turkey with sides for $16.95 and pumpkin pie parfait for $6.95.

Locals can get 40 percent off food items Fridays through November with valid Nevada ID. The locals’ discount cannot be combined with other offers.

Hitachino Nest owner and brewmaster Toshiyuki Kiuchi will be on hand to present his top beer selections, paired with plates by chef Rick Moonen.

The cost is $50. For reservations, call 702-632-9900.

CANTINA LAREDO PLANS ONE-YEAR ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION NOV. 15-17

Cantina Laredo at Tivoli Village, 430 S. Rampart Blvd., Suite 110, plans to host a one-year anniversary celebration Nov. 15-17 with dessert and drink specials. Guests will receive a complimentary Strawberry Bunuelos with the purchase of any two entrees during lunch or dinner. La Bandera Margaritas and shots of Patron will be $5 each.

More than 30 food trucks are planned, including hot dogs, sandwiches, tacos, lobster, frozen yogurt, cupcakes and pineapple whip. Classic cars and children’s activities also are planned, along with live music by Crash Kings, The Remedies, Lady Reiko, Sin City Prophets, Fleetwood Nicks, Paper Tigers, Love Vendetta, Ekoh and The Beau Hodges Band.

Admission is free for all ages. For more information, visit sunsetparkd.com or call 702-455-8200.

The Las Vegas Tea Series is set to offer the class Focused Tea Tasting: Chai Nov. 19. Cups will be provided, but attendees are invited to bring their favorite teacup or mug. The rest of the class schedule is Exploring Wild Teas, Dec. 3.

For more information, visit teaserieslv.com or contact Naomi Rosen or Ashanti McGee at lvteaseries@gmail.com.

LES KINCAID TO CONTINUE CULINARY CLASSES IN NOVEMBER

Les Kincaid, host of the radio wine show “Wines Du Jour,” plans to host the class Champagnes & Sparkling Wines Around the World from 6 to 8:30 p.m. Nov. 20 at Total Wine & More in Boca Park. The cost is $59.

Payments can be cash, check or credit card. To register, visit continuingeducation.unlv.edu or call 702-895-3394 from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Thursday and 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday and Saturday.

A “Thanksgivukkah” (combining Thanksgiving and Hanukkah) menu is planned from 5 to 10 p.m. (9 p.m. Sunday and Monday) Nov. 25-Dec. 2. Dinner is $45 per person with an optional wine pairing for $25.

For reservations, call 702-445-6100.

During November, the featured cocktail will be the Autumn Crisp Cocktail, a combination of Evan Williams Single Barrel Whiskey, Amaro Nonion, Licor 43, apple cider and pumpkin butter.

For more information, visit honeysalt.com.

THE GREAT SHAKE BLOWOUT TO COLLECT CANNED GOODS FOR THREE SQUARE NOV. 23

The Great Shake Blowout is planned from noon to 3 p.m. Nov. 23 at For Goodness Shake, 4220 S. Grand Canyon Drive, No. 8, to benefit Three Square food bank. Food trucks, live music, video games and classic cars are planned. Canned goods will be collected for Three Square. For more information, call 702-483-6590.

STATION CASINOS PLANS PIE DAY NOV. 27

Station Casinos plans to celebrate Thanksgiving with the return of Pie Day from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Nov. 27. During that time, guests can show their Boarding Pass card in the giveaway area to receive a free pumpkin pie. Guests must earn 500 points by the day of the giveaway and will get to keep their points. Limit one pie per person while supplies last.

Original whole turkeys and turkey breasts, as well as family sides and fixings, are available individually. Each side serves four to six people. Additional sides and desserts range from $7 to $16.

All orders must be placed by 4 p.m. Nov. 17 by calling 702-489-3525 or in person.

The take-home turkey feast serves eight, and pick up is available from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Nov. 27 or 7 to 9:30 a.m. Nov. 28.

SOUTH POINT PLANS THANKSGIVING DAY MENUS

Coronado Cafe at the South Point, 9777 Las Vegas Blvd. South, plans to offer a special Thanksgiving Day menu from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Nov. 28 for $16.95. It will feature corn chowder or salad, roast turkey, mashed potatoes and gravy, vegetables, glazed yams, cranberry sauce, a cocktail and pumpkin pie with coffee or tea.

The Garden Buffet plans to serve a champagne buffet for $15.95 with a Casino Club card or $19.95 without a card from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m., with Thanksgiving specials such as cider-baked ham, herb-roasted chicken, roasted turkey and roast prime rib of beef.

Baja Miguel’s plans to serve a special menu for $16.95 from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. featuring corn chowder or salad, roast turkey platter and a cocktail.

The menus are available from 2 to 9 p.m. at Don Vito’s and Primarily Prime Rib and 2 to 10 p.m. at Silverado Steak House.

For more information visit southpointcasino.com.

MARIE CALLENDER’S TO SERVE TAKE-HOME THANKSGIVING FEASTS

Marie Callender’s is offering take-home feasts for Thanksgiving starting at $99.99. The Classic Feast features oven-roasted turkey breast or ham with seven dies and a whole pie.

For those wishing to dine in on Thanksgiving, Marie Callender’s plans to offer a special meal with soup or salad, turkey or ham with classic sides and a slice of pie for $19.99 for adults and $8.99 for children.

For more information or to find a participating location, visit mariecallenders.com/holiday-guide.

JW MARRIOTT PLANS THANKSGIVING DAY MENUS

Ceres at JW Marriott, 221 N. Rampart Blvd., plans to serve a Thanksgiving Day brunch from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. for $49.99 per person and $24 for children 12 or younger. The menu is set to feature breakfast pastries, salads, antipasti, an omelet station, a carving station, hot items such as roast turkey, baked Alaskan halibut and whipped potatoes and a children’s buffet. Desserts are set to include cobbler, white chocolate cranberry torte and pumpkin creme puff.

For reservations, call 702-869-7381.

The Carmel Room plans to serve a special meal from 4 to 9 p.m. for $49.99 per person featuring soup or salad, roasted turkey, prime rib or king salmon and maple pecan tart, pumpkin pie or chocolate banana mousse for dessert.

For reservations, call 702-507-5955.

The Rampart Buffet plans to serve a special menu from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. for $18.99 per person or $16.99 with a Resort Rewards card.

Via Brasil Steakhouse, 1225 S. Fort Apache Road, plans to offer a Thanksgiving feast from 11 a.m to 2:30 p.m. and from 3 to 9 p.m. Nov. 28. The meal will include 12 meats, a gourmet salad bar, whole turkey served tableside and all the fixings for $38.99 and half price for children 7 to 12. Children 5 to 6 pay $4.99.

Tableau plans a special prix fixe menu for $49 from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Terrance Point Cafe plans a special prix fixe menu for $40.

For reservations, call 702-770-3463. For more information, visit wynnlasvegas.com.

COMME CA BY DAVID MYERS PLANS THREE-COURSE THANKSGIVING MENU

Comme Ca by David Myers at The Cosmopolitan Las Vegas, 3708 Las Vegas Blvd. South, plans to serve a three-course Thanksgiving menu from 5 to 11 p.m. Nov. 28 for $55 per person or $85 per person with wine pairings.

The restaurant also has a new tapas menu available during happy hour from 3 to 6 p.m. daily. Happy hour also offers $5 martinis, house wine by the glass and half off draft beer. Tapas include $7.95 sliders (two beef or two pork), $6.95 chicken wings (teriyaki or Buffalo) and $5.95 pretzel sticks.

Fall Classics specials are also available during the fall: smoked turkey half sandwich with Southern stuffing, cranberry sauce and mayo on a French roll for $8.99 for lunch and a whole sandwich with one side for $11.99 for dinner; Lucille’s smoked turkey casserole for $8.99 for lunch and $16.99 for dinner; smoked turkey and bacon hash for $8.99 for lunch and $16.99 for dinner; and hot turkey sandwich with Southern stuffing, roasted garlic mashed potatoes and turkey gravy, served with cranberry sauce, for $12.99 for lunch or dinner.

Giada’s Italian Cucina and Bar, 2540 Anthem Village Drive, plans to host a free Thanksgiving dinner with turkey, stuffing and dessert from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Nov. 28. Donations of $5 per person or new or gently used toys are appreciated. All proceeds will go to the Foundation For Positively Kids.

The cost is $27.95 for adults and $15.95 for children 12 or younger. A room and buffet package is available.

For more information or to make reservations, call 702-872-5500.

ANDRE’S TO OFFER THANKSGIVING TO GO AT MONTE CARLO

Andre’s Restaurant & Lounge in the Monte Carlo, 3770 Las Vegas Blvd. South, is offering Thanksgiving to Go for up to 12 people. The offer comes in two sizes: $200 for four to six guests or $375 for 10 to 12 guests and includes warm kabocha soup, turkey with giblet gravy, housemade cranberry relish, whipped potatoes, roasted vegetables and French baguette or walnut raisin bread, along with homemade pumpkin or pecan pie. Each dinner also comes with a seasonal cocktail recipe to be prepared at home, along with recommended wine pairings.

To place an order, call 702-798-7151. Dinner will be ready for pick up on Nov. 27 or 28 between 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. Orders will be taken until Nov. 23. For more information, visit andrelv.com.

Guests wishing to dine in at Andre’s on Thanksgiving can do so from 5 to 9 p.m. Reservations are requested.

The Sundance Grill plans to serve a special Thanksgiving meal from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. featuring soup or salad, entree choices of prime rib or roasted turkey with traditional sides and pumpkin or pecan pie. The cost is $17.95 per person.

Seasons Buffet plans Thanksgiving specials from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. for $23.99 per person or $19.99 with a Sllverton Rewards Club card. Children 4 to 6 pay half price. Specials are set to include roasted turkey, herb-crusted prime rib, bourbon sweet potato pie and apple and sausage stuffing.

A Harvest Buffet is planned from 4 to 9 p.m. Fridays in November for $19.99 with a card or $21.99 without a card. Selections are set to include herb-crusted prime rib, maple juniper smoked salmon, potatoes gratin and roasted Brussels sprouts. Pyramid Hefeweizen will be $3 per pint.

Black Friday dining specials are planned at Seasons Buffet from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. and 4 to 10 p.m. Nov. 29. The lunch cost is $9.99 with a card or $10.99 without a card, and dinner is $19.99 with a card and $21.99 without a card.

For more information, visit silvertoncasino.com.

ARIZONA CHARLIE’S BOULDER ANNOUNCES NOVEMBER DINING SPECIALS

Arizona Charlie’s Boulder, 4575 Boulder Highway, is offering a chicken pot pie special daily from 11 a.m to 10 p.m. through Nov. 30 in the Sourdough Cafe for $5.99 with an ace I PLAY card and $6.66 without a card.

A Thanksgiving special is planned from 3 to 9 p.m. Nov. 28 in the Yukon Grille for $26 with a card and $28.89 without a card. The menu is set to begin with potato leek soup or house salad, followed by a choice of roasted turkey with pecan dressing, gravy, fresh cranberry sauce, sugar-glazed yams, mashed potatoes and vegetable or pan-seared cod with chive butter sauce, wild rice and fall vegetable. Dessert will be choice of raisin bread pudding or apple or minced meat pie. For reservations, call 702-951-5800.

The Wild West Buffet plans to serve Thanksgiving specials from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m., including roasted turkey, baked ham, braised ribs, herb-crusted cod, pecan stuffing, red potatoes, corn pudding, green bean casserole and candied yams. The cost for lunch or dinner is $9.99 with a red, green or orange card, $11.99 with a blue card and $13.32 without a card.

The Sourdough Cafe plans to serve Thanksgiving specials from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. The menu offers potato leek soup or house salad, roasted turkey with pecan dressing, giblet gravy, fresh cranberry sauce, sugar-glazed yams or mashed potatoes and vegetable, with pumpkin or apple pie. The cost is $9.99 with a card and $11.10 without a card.

ARIZONA CHARLIE’S DECATUR ANNOUNCES NOVEMBER DINING SPECIALS

Arizona Charlie’s Decatur, 740 S. Decatur Blvd., plans to serve a Thanksgiving special from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Nov. 28 in the Sourdough Cafe. For $10.99 with a card or $12.22 without a card, enjoy soup or salad, roasted turkey or glazed ham, stuffing, mashed or sweet potatoes, creamed corn and choice of pecan or pumpkin pie.

The Frisco Market Buffet plans to serve Thanksgiving specials from 11 a.m. t0 3:30 p.m. and 4 to 8 p.m. for $10.99 for red, green or orange members, $13.19 for blue members and $14.65 for those without a card. Specials are set to include roasted turkey, baked ham with fruit sauce, stuffing and traditional sides.

Ron’s Steakhouse plans to serve Thanksgiving specials from 3 to 8 p.m. Turkey with giblet gravy, stuffing and garlic mashed potatoes will be $30 with a card or $33.33 without a card; 16-ounce Porterhouse pork chop stuffed with apple and cranberry and served with garlic mashed potatoes will be $38 with a card or $42.22 without a card; and 24-ounce Delmonico steak with classic Delmonico whipped potatoes covered with cheese and buttered bread crumbs will be $42 with a card or $46.66 without a card. All will be served with a cup of soup or salad, oven-roasted Brussels sprouts, squash, bread basket with flavored butters and a holiday tart.

HASH HOUSE A GO GO PLANS SPECIAL PANCAKE TO BENEFIT HELP OF SOUTHERN NEVADA

Hash House A Go Go plans to offer the Toy Tractor Driver pancake through Nov. 30 in honor of the 15th annual 98.5 KLUC Chet Buchanan and the Morning Zoo Toy Drive for HELP of Southern Nevada.

The pancake features red and green M&Ms and is topped with powdered sugar and served with warm maple syrup. The pancake is $9.85, with $2 from the sale of each going to the cause.

The menu is set to feature salads, sandwiches and signature entrees such as Short Rib Hash, Smoked Salmon Benedict and Steakhouse Scramble. Breakfast sausage and bacon is house made and straight from the restaurant’s on-site butcher shop. Coffees, teas, freshly pressed juices and cocktails also are available. Brunch is served on the balcony or patio.

For more information, visit echoandrig.com. For reservations, call 702-489-3525.

The menu will be paired with Patron Tequila. Representatives from Cantina Laredo and Patron will walk guests through each pairing.

Reservations are due by Dec. 1. The cost is $49.99 per person. For reservations, call 702-202-4511.

WINTER IN VENICE TO FEATURE LA CUCINA ITALIANA FESTIVAL DEC. 5-8 AT THE VENETIAN AND PALAZZO

The Venetian, 3355 Las Vegas Blvd. South, and the Palazzo, 3325 Las Vegas Blvd. South, are set to host the La Cucina Italiana Festival as part of the Winter in Venice celebration Dec. 5-8. Among the highlights scheduled are a dinner with chef Wolfgang Puck at CUT in Palazzo from 7 to 9 p.m. Dec. 5 for $250 per person and The Grand Banquet set for 7 to 10 p.m. Dec. 6 in the Grand Colonnade of The Venetian for $500 per person.

From 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Dec. 7, How to Italian featuring demonstrations and a marketplace is scheduled for $50 per person at The Palazzo Waterfall Atrium.

The event is planned for Saturdays and will offer parents and children tricks of the trade from pizza-tossing professionals, teaching everything from dough handling to toppings to cooking the pizzas. Fresh and healthy ingredients will be used.

The class is $10 per person, with proceeds benefiting St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.

For reservations, call 702-385-0838.

SIXTH ANNUAL CARNIVAL OF CUISINE SET FOR DEC. 14 AT THE VENETIAN AND PALAZZO

The Venetian, 3355 Las Vegas Blvd. South, and the Palazzo, 3325 Las Vegas Blvd. South, are set to host the sixth annual Carnival of Cuisine food festival from 1 to 4 p.m. Dec. 14 poolside at the Palazzo Pool Deck.

The event will include a special welcome by chef Emeril Lagasse, along with cusine from award-winning restaurants such as Aquaknox, B&B Ristorante, Bouchon and Cafe Presse.

Guests must be 21 or older. General admission is $60, and VIP tickets are $85 and include early entry at 12:30 p.m. A portion of each ticket price will benefit Three Square food bank. Grazie members can receive discounted admission of $55 for general and $80 for VIP.

For tickets, visit any Venetian/Palazzo box office, call 702-414-9000 or visit venetian.com or palazzo.com. For more information on the Grazie program, call 702-414-4116.

The Veil Pavilion at the Silverton, 3333 Blue Diamond Road, is scheduled to host the Monday Night Football Experience at 4:30 p.m. Mondays for guests 21 or older.

Admission is free. Games will be broadcast on large high-definition screens. Drink specials include $2 Bud Light pints, and rotating food trucks are planned. A full bar also will be available.

For more information, visit silvertoncasino.com/football.

HYDE BELLAGIO TO HOST MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL PARTIES

Hyde Bellagio plans to host Monday Night Football viewing parties with beer and gourmet snacks every week at 4:45 p.m.

For more information or to reserve a table, call 702-693-8700.

SOUTH POINT PLANS FOOTBALL SEASON SPECIALS

The South Point, 9777 Las Vegas Blvd. South, plans to celebrate football season with game-day drink specials and Monday Night Pigskin Parties throughout the fall.

All casino bars will offer Skyy vodka, Patron or Spicebox whiskey cocktails for $4, Budweiser and Bud Light drafts for $2 and five-beer buckets of Budweiser or Bud Light for $12 during college and professional football games.

Monday Night Pigskin Parties are set for 4:30 p.m. Mondays in the Showroom with bottomless Budweiser drafts for $15, five-beer buckets of Red Hook Audible Ale, Budweiser and Bud Light for $12 and Spicebox cocktails for $4. Food specials will include special city-themed menu items for $5, popcorn for $1, hot dogs for $1, pizza for $3, Italian subs for $4 and wings for $5.

For more information, call 702-796-7111 or visit southpointcasino.com.

TROPICAL SMOOTHIE CAFE ADDS PUMPKIN, CRANBERRY SMOOTHIES TO MENU

Tropical Smoothie Cafe is offering seasonal smoothies featuring pumpkin and cranberry this fall, along with the return of the chipotle cranberry turkey club flatbread sandwich through Dec. 29.

Available only in Nevada is the Pumpkin Spice Smoothie, which blends real pumpkin, cinnamon, non-fat yogurt and Ghirardelli white chocolate. The Very Berry Cranberry Smoothie and Cranberry Truffle Smoothie also are available.

For more information, including locations, visit tropicalsmoothiecafe.com.

Seasonal items include appetizers such as mushroom polenta bites, entrees such as slow-roasted short ribs with arugula, mashed potatoes and maple-beer glaze and sides such as spaghetti squash with toasted pecans and aged cheddar mac and cheese.

The prix fixe lunch menu includes a beer on tap or a glass of signature tap wine or a soft drink and freshly baked cookies to go.

Specialty cocktails include the H&H Pumpkin Pie, and six new beers also have been added. New to the dessert menu is peach cobbler.

Yard House at Town Square Las Vegas, 6593 Las Vegas Blvd. South, is participating in Round It Up America to benefit HELP of Southern Nevada. Each check can be rounded up to the nearest dollar, with the difference going to help the charity.

IPHONE APP AVAILABLE FOR DOWNTOWN FOOD TRUCKS

Information about Las Vegas’ pilot program for downtown food trucks is available through the city of Las Vegas iPhone app. The free app shows which food trucks are in three designated spaces downtown and features a map, a schedule and links to the trucks’ websites.

The app updates in real time. The information also can be viewed at lasvegasnevada.gov/foodtruck or through #dtlvfoodtrucks on Twitter.

CULINARY DROPOUT OFFERS GIRL’S NIGHT OUT PACKAGE AT HARD ROCK HOTEL

Culinary Dropout in the Hard Rock Hotel, 4455 Paradise Road, is offering a four-course Girl’s Night Out dinner package that features appetizers, entrees and desserts.

Emerald Island Grille is open 24 hours daily. For more information, call 702-567-9160 or visit emeraldislandcasino.com.

HI SCORES BAR-ARCADE ANNOUNCES WEEKLY SPECIALS

Hi Scores Bar-Arcade, 65 S. Stephanie St., is offering Mellow Mondays at The Players Club at 7 p.m., featuring hand-crafted cocktails and live piano music by Lee Weiner.

Tap-It Tuesdays at Hi Scores starts at 6 p.m. and features a different mystery keg each week for $12 all-you-can-drink sessions until the keg runs dry. Karate Karaoke starts at 9 p.m.

Rhythm & Wine Wednesdays starts at 6 p.m. and features live music by Jeremy Cornwell, buy-one-get-one sugar- and gluten-free Devotion vodka cocktails and $10 wine tasting.

Pac & Draft Thursdays at Hi Scores and The Players Club is all day and offers a Pac Burger and any draft beer for $10.

Devotion Fridays and Saturdays at Hi Scores and The Players Club starts at 7 p.m. and offers sugar- and gluten-free Devotion vodka shots for $3 each.

Bottomless Brunch at Hi Scores and The Players Club is from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sundays and offers two eggs, any style, two pieces of bacon or sausage, bottomless pancakes and bottomless Bloody Marys or Bellinis for $20.

Happiest Hour is offered from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. daily at Hi Scores and The Players Club and features specials such as $2 Fireball shots, $3 well drinks and domestic draft beers, $4 premium and select craft beers, $4 Jim Beam and Jack Daniel’s and $5 food specials.

For more information about Hi Scores, call 702-522-7766 or visit hiscoreslv.com. For The Players Club, visit theplayersclublv.com.

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